Vehicle may be seized
13.—(1)  Any vehicle used as a public service vehicle belonging to a licensee who has failed to attend before the Registrar or an authorised officer for a period of 3 days after being required so to attend under rule 10 may be seized and detained by the Registrar or the authorised officer and dealt with in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2)  Where any vehicle is detained under paragraph (1), the Registrar or an authorised officer shall forthwith give notice in writing to the owner (if the name and address of the owner are known to him) of the detention.
(3)  Where any vehicle detained under paragraph (1) is not claimed by its owner within 3 months of the date of its detention, the Registrar or an authorised officer, after giving one month’s notice in the Gazette, may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of the vehicle.
(4)  The proceeds, if any, from the sale or disposal of any vehicle under paragraph (3) shall be applied in payment of any licence fees which may be due in respect of the vehicle and of any charges incurred in carrying out the provisions of this rule and the surplus, if any, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund if unclaimed by the licensee within a period of 12 months.